Tag: Lang’s World
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Lang’s World: As the Grizzlies start their sprint for the Playoffs, some storylines to watch
After months sheltering in place, a few weeks of training camp, and now three scrimmage games inside The NBA Bubble down in Orlando, it’s finally time to start playing games that matter.
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Lang’s World: MUSCLEWATCH (Bubble Edition)
The NBA is on the way back, which for many of us means only one thing: It’s time for MUSCLEWATCH! For the uninitiated — and at this point, who among us hasn’t been initiated? — MUSCLEWATCH began over two decades ago, when my friend Matt and I noticed at the start of each season that…
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Lang’s World: Confessions of a Hamilton hater
It was a day I honestly thought would never happen. Hamilton has been part of the cultural zeitgeist for years now, but I was determined that it would live there without me. I had no real reason to be a Hamilton hater, I just sort of found myself in that position and decided to take…
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Grizz Gaming: Nothing Easy
After a big offseason where we made a big trade and a big draft where we got the exact two players we wanted to pick, it sure seemed like Grizz Gaming was primed for a big start to our 2020 season. And then we lost our first four games. This was not ideal. Here we…
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Lang’s World: Some TV I’d Like to See
For the last few months, as we’ve been confined to the house, I’ve watched a lot of TV. Not during the day, when I’m trying to balance my job and being a Dad to a kid who has nowhere to go and nothing to do, but usually late at night, when everyone’s asleep and the…
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Grizz Gaming: The Journey
It was a few minutes past 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night when I gently closed my MacBook, took off my HyperX headset, and for the first time in two hours, stood up from my kitchen counter. A few moments earlier, our Grizz Gaming team had lost a heartbreaker to Kings Guard Gaming, on a three-pointer…
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Lang’s World: Every Air Jordan, ranked
One of my favorite parts of watching “The Last Dance” the last few weeks has been seeing all the random Air Jordan sneakers popping up. Because as some of us understand, shoes are not just shoes. As I explained to my non-basketball-obsessed wife, when I pull out a pair of Jordan XIs, it’s not only…
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Lang’s World: Not for Teacher
Of all the things I’ve learned while under quarantine, none of them have been reinforced with such certainty and finality as this: I am a terrible schoolteacher. There are many things I can do, and do well, but it turns out being a schoolteacher is definitely not one of those things. A short list of…
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Lang’s World: Running to Live
At some point, and I’m not entirely sure how this happened, what I liked doing the least became what I enjoy doing the most. These days, most afternoons you can find me out on a jog. This is something I never imagined myself doing, at least voluntarily. But here I am, carving out space in…
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Lang’s World: Michael Jordan is the Greatest There Ever Was Or Ever Will Be
The moment I knew for certain that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing came five years ago, when I was on set at NBA TV, where I used to work. We were taping some show or another, and I was sitting there under the bright lights, killing time next to Dennis…